which the Company, any Subsidiary or any of its or their assets is bound, or under any law or governmental order applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary, and do not require consent or approval from any Person (as defined below). There is no pending or threatened litigation which may affect Company’s ability to fully perform its obligations herein.
(d) Compliance with Laws. Company and each of Company’s parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies (collectively, “Company Parties”) shall comply with and act in accordance with (i) any and all applicable laws and other legal obligations including, without limitation, local, state, federal and international directives, rules, assessments, regulations, filing requirements, ordinances, statutes, codes, guides, judgments and civil or common law; (ii) conventions and treaties to which any country, region and/or portion of the United States, and any legal subdivisions thereof, is a party; and (iii) industry and trade-association standards, rules or regulations (all of the foregoing in sub-sections (i), (ii) and (iii) are, individually and collectively, as “Laws”).
(c) Products. The Products and all advertising and promotional efforts by Company (including, as applicable, its designees) shall be of high quality in design, material, workmanship, and execution. No injurious, deleterious or defamatory material, writing or images shall be used in connection with the Products, Norman’s endorsement of the Products or the results and proceeds of Norman’s Services. The Products shall be merchantable and fit for the intended use herein, shall in all respects be safe to consumers and shall be manufactured and distributed in accordance with all applicable Laws. Company shall undertake a level of customer service and provide warranties to consumers at least as favorable as is standard in its industry. Company shall comply with any and all product recalls issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) or any other local, federal or state agency or Laws. Company owns all rights in and to the Products, including by way of example and not limitation, any and all trademarks and service marks used for or in connection therewith (e.g., ‘F45’, etc.), and none of the design, development, manufacture, distribution, advertising and promotion, marketing, exploitation offering for sale, sale, or other exploitation of the Products infringe any intellectual property right or otherwise violate any right of any third party.
(f) No Expenses. Company shall not create, incur or permit any encumbrance, lien, security interest, mortgage, pledge, assignment or other hypothecation upon this Agreement or permit the commencement of any proceeding or foreclosure action on this Agreement or to obtain any assignment thereof, whether or not involving any judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure sales. Company has not and will not, during the Term or at any time after expiration of the Term, create any expenses chargeable to Provider without Provider’s prior written approval of the same in each instance.
6. Term and Termination; Effect of Expiration or Termination.
(a) Term. This Agreement shall become effective on the Effective Date and continue for a period of five (5) years, unless sooner terminated pursuant to the terms hereof (the “Term”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Term shall end prior to the expiration of such period, upon (a) the occurrence of a Cause Event or (b) Provider’s delivery of notice upon the occurrence of a Deemed Liquidation Event.
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